Clothes-wringer.



No. 863,748. PATENTED AUG. 20, 1907.

' e. A. PADDOGK.

ULOTHES WRINGER. APPLIOATION IILED JULY6,1901.

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GUSTAVUS' A. PADDOOK, OF BEAVER DAM, WISCONSIN.

CLOTHES-WRINGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 20, 1907.

Application filed July 6, 1901. Serial No. 67,381.

the free separation of the rolls without undue friction,

and also to propel the rolls in the easiestand most effective manner. I accomplish these ends by means of the mechanism illustrated inthe accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 represents a partly sectional front view of a clothes wringer constructed in accordance with my invent ion, certain parts of the same being broken away, Fig. 2 an end view on the line 2'2 in Fig. 1, Fig. 3 a top view on the line 3-3 in Fig. 1, Fig. 4 a view of the bell crank lever, and Fig. 5 a view of a modification the cons1 ruetion being the same as that shown in Fig. 1 except that a lever is used in place of a pulley and chain.

Referring by letter to the drawing, A indicates the left hand end piece of the wringer frame, A the right hand end piece of the same, Bthe upper cross bar, E the upper wringer roll, F the lower wringer roll, and E and F the respective roll shafts. A drive shaft, D, has at its right hand end a stationary bearing in abearing block, (3, and, outside the bearing is supplied with a spur pinion, D. The other end of said drive shaft has stationary bearing'in a casting, i (which is secured to the end piece A) and, outside the bearing, is provided with a sprocket pinion, D and crank, G. The block C is secured in the slot of the end piece A by bolts, f, and furnishes stationary bearing for one end of the roll shaftE The other end of said rollshaft has upward play in the slot of the end piece A, (its end coming in sidethe casting i) and has bearing against the lower end, I), of a bearing frame, 0, said bearing frame consisting through most of its length-of two parallel arms, one on each side of the drive shaft, and fitting loosely in the slot of the end piece A. Outside the block 0 said roll shaft is provided with a spur wheel, E, in mesh with the spur pinion D. The right hand end of the lower roll shaft has bearing in a block, F said block being supported by a stirrup, H. Grooves are cut in the sides of the block C so that the parallel arms ofsaid stirrup may freely slide therein. The other end of the lower roll shaft has stationary bearing in the lower part of the end piece A in the usual manner, and, outside the bearing, is provided with a sprocket wheel, F. Said sprocket wheel is connected with the sprocket pinion D by a link belt D In the construction shown in Fig. 1 a pulley, e, is supported by a pivot, j, in the cross bar B, between the centor of id cross bar and the right hand end of the piece A and the center of said cross bar.

wringer frame. A chain, 2, runs over said pulley and a hook at one end thereof is attached to the upper end of the stirrup, H. The other end of said chain furnishes bearing for a hook at one end of a bell crank lever, (I. Said lever is provided with upper lateral trunnions d, and lugs, d, and with lower trunnions, (1. Upon the upper part, b, of the bearing frame, C, one end of a bar, b, rests. The other end of said bar has hook branches at rest on the trunnions d and under the lugs d of the lever d. One end of a spiral extension spring, 0, is at tached tothe trunnions (1 by means of a double hook, c, the end of the lever passing between the two parts of the hook so thatcach part catches one of the trunnions. The other endof the spring is attached to a depending branch of the bar b by means of an eye bolt, g, and nut g The bar b, lever d, and spring 0, together form a most effective pressure device and practically form an elastic pressure bar, its resisting power being largely regulated by adjustment of the nut g, and the pressure is adjusted to the rolls by turning a thumb screw, (1, which has bearing in the cross bar, B, between the end The outer end of said pressure bar bears upon one end of the upper roll,

-While the inner end bears upon the inner end of the chain 0. thus lifting the outer end thereof, and with it the stirrup and one end of the lower roll. In Fig. 5 a lever, e, is pivotally supported so as to be capable of oscillation on a hanger, J, depending from the cross bar B. The result is the same in either construction as the pulley e, and the lever c each act as an oscillating support for the inner end of the pressure bar.

I claim as my invention 1. Ion clothes wringer the combination with the rolls and frame comprising a top bar, one end of the lower roll being movable and one end. of the upper roll being movable: of a pressure regulatingdevice on said top bar ex er-ting thrust from file bar towards the rolls; and means between said device and said ends of the'rolis to exert an upward pressure on said end of the lower roll and downward pressure on said end of the upper roll.

the frame comprising a top bar and bearings for said rolls. one bearing for each roll being stationary and one bearing for each roll being movable; a pressure regulating device on said top bar eiu-rrting, thrust from the bar towards the rolls; and means between said device and the movable bearings for said rolls for exerting an upward pressure on the movable bearing of the lower i-olLand a downward pressure on the movable bearing of the upper roll.

3. In a clothes wringer the combination with the rolls 1 audframe comprising a top bar; bearings for said rolls one end of each roll being IIlOVillllQ;0f a pressure device exerting an upward thrust on the. top bar and arranged to exert an upward pressure on the lower roll and downward pressure on the upper roll comprising a spring and a bellci'ank lever, said lever-being actuated by the spring and communicating the action to said movable ends of the rolls.

I 4. In a clothes wringer the combination with rolls and frame; bearings for said rolls, one bearing for each roll 2.. In a clothes wringer the combination with the rolls being stationary and one bearing for each roll being movable; of a pressure device arranged to exert upward pressure on the lower bearing and downward pressure on the upper bearing comprising a spring and a bell crank lever, the lever being acted upon by the spring and communicat ing the action to the movable bearings.

5. In a clothes wringer the combination with the frame comprising a top bar and the rolls, one end of the lower roll being movable; pressure regulating means on the top bar: pressure devices between said regulating means and said lower roll comprising a pressure bar, a bell crank lever arranged at one end of the pressure bar; a spring operating upon said bell crank lever; an oscillatory support carried by the wringer frame: and means carried by the oscillatory support for diverting the direction of pressure of the pressure bar from a downward to an upward v pressure on the lower roll.

6. In a clothes wringer the combination with the frame comprising a top bar and the rolls, one end of the lower roll being movable; pressure regulating means on the top bar: pressure devices between said regulating means and said lower roll comprising a pressure bar; an oscillatory support on'the frame: a hell crank fulcrumed on the end of the pressure bar adjacent to said oscillatory support: means carried by the support and actuated by the bell crank lever for conveying the pressure of the pressure bar to the lower roll.

7. A clothes wringer comprising a drive shaft separate from the roll shafts and mounted in stationary bearings at each end. an oscillating support the weight of which is upheld by the upper part of the wring'er frame at a point distant from the center of said frame, a pressure bar the outer bearing of which is adapted to bring pressure upon the upper roll shaft. a pressure adjusting device in connection with the upper cross bar of the wringer frameysaid device being adapted to bring pressure 'upon the central part of said pressure bar. and a stirrup suspended from 'lhe outer bearing of said oscillating support and adapted to lift upon the shaft of the lower roll, the inner bearing of said pressure bar being upheld by the inner bearing of said oscillating support at a point between said pressure adjusting device and the pivotal point of said oscillating support.

8. A clothes wringer comprising a drive shaft separate from the roll shafts, rolls each of which is mounted in a stationary hearing at one end and a movable hearing at the other end, an oscillating support upheld by the upper part of the wringer frame and the outer bearing of which is connected to and supports one end of the lower roll, a pressure device comprising a bar and a bell crank lever in tension connection therewith, the outer bearing of said pressure device being adapted to bring pressure upon the upper roll while its inner bearing is upheldby the inner bearing of said oscillating support, and means in connec tion with the upper cross barof the wringer frame for applying pressure to the central part of said pressure device.

9. A clothes wringer comprising a drive shaft separate from the roll shafts and mounted in stationary bearings at each end. nnoscillating' support pivotally supported by the upper part of the wringer frame, a pressure device comprising a bar, a bell crank lever and a spring adapted to hold said bar and lever in tension connection, means for tightening and loosening said spring, a stirrup suspended from said oscillating support and adapted to lift upon the shaft of the lower roll, one bearing of said pressure de vicc'heing adapted to bring pressure upon the shaft of the upper wriuger roll while another bearing thereof is upheld by said oscillating support, and a thumb screw projecting above the wringer frame for applying pressure to the central part of said pressure devicev In testimony whereof I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GUSTAVUS A. PADDOCK.

Witnesses I l. C. \Ynxz, Dona G. llowiinu. 

